Panda Update Must-Reads

Google Panda Is Now Part Of Google’s Core Ranking Signals
Say goodbye to the typical Google Panda updates. Panda is now baked in as one of Google's core ranking...
Google Panda 4.2 Is Here; Slowly Rolling Out After Waiting Almost 10 Months
Google says a Panda refresh began this weekend but will take months to fully roll...
Panda 4.0: Redefining Site Authority
Everyone in SEO talks about it: authority. It’s the key measurement for ranking, right? But what defines authority in the eyes of each...
Google Working On A Softer & Gentler Panda Algorithm To Help Small Businesses
Google’s head of search spam, Matt Cutts, announced at Search Marketing Expo that his search team is working the “next...
Google Confirms Panda Update Is Rolling Out: This One Is More “Finely Targeted”
This morning, I noticed a possible Panda update was rolling out, one that seemed to be “softer” in nature than the previous updates,...
Study Finds Google’s Penguin Update Getting Stricter Over Time
A study by Portent, an Internet marketing company, shows that Google’s tolerance of spammy links to trigger a Penguin algorithm ranking...
How To Stop The Panic Before Asking “Have I Been Panda Slapped?”
You may see a drop in rankings or traffic and immediately panic. Have I been Panda-slapped? Even now, as we look at the two year anniversary of...
Google Panda Two Years Later: 5 Questions With HubPages CEO Paul Edmondson
(Editor’s Note: This is the final article in a 3-part series looking at the aftermath of Google’s Panda algorithm update, which...
Google Panda Two Years Later: The Real Impact Beyond Rankings & SEO Visibility
(Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series of articles looking at the aftermath of Google’s Panda algorithm update, which...
Google Panda Two Years Later: Losers Still Losing & One Real Recovery
(Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of articles looking at the aftermath of Google’s Panda algorithm update, which...
Google: Further Penguin Update “Jolts” To Come; Panda Is Smoother & Monthly
Fasten your seat belt, if you’ve been spamming Google. The anti-spam “Penguin Update” will have more jolts in the coming...
Infographic: The Google Panda Update, One Year Later
One year ago, Google launched its “Panda Update” designed to filter low quality or “thin” content from its top search...
Panda Update 3.0 Live & Panda “Flux”
On around September 27th, Google launched what’s being called 2.5 of its Panda algorithm. On October 5th, Google’s Matt Cutts...
Google Panda Update 2.4: Panda Goes International, In Most Languages
Google has just announced that their “Panda” rankings changes, first launched in the United States in late February and rolled out...
Why Google Panda Is More A Ranking Factor Than Algorithm Update
With Google Panda Update 2.2 upon us, it’s worth revisiting what exactly Panda is and isn’t. Panda is a new ranking factor. Panda is...
Coming Soon: Google Panda Update 2.2
One of the bigger pieces of news — certainly for webmasters and SEOs — from our SMX Advanced conference this week is that Google...
It’s Panda Update 2.1, Not Panda 3.0, Google Says
There have been rumblings that Google has unveiled another huge algorithm change being dubbed “Panda 3.0” in some quarters....
Hit By Panda Update? Google Has 23 Questions To Ask Yourself To Improve
Amit Singhal, Google’s head of search, published a blog post on the Google Webmaster Central blog named More guidance on building...
Panda 2.0: Google Rolls Out Panda Update Internationally & Incorporates Searcher Blocking Data
Late February, Google launched a substantial algorithm change (known as “Farmer” or “Panda”) aimed at identifying...
Lessons Learned at SMX West: Google’s Panda Update, White Hat Cloaking & Link Building
An amazing amount of great information came out of SMX West this week. Below is a summary of some of what I found to be the most actionable and...